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Bangladesh – Audacity of Hope
Monthly Archives: March 2014
‘BANGLADESH AMONG 10 NEW EMERGING COUNTRIES’
‘BANGLADESH AMONG 10 NEW EMERGING COUNTRIES’ Tribune Online Report ‘After 10 years of frenetic growth the big five emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — the BRICS — are slowing down sharply’ Bangladesh is one of … Continue reading
GARMENT ORDERS ON THE REBOUND
GARMENT ORDERS ON THE REBOUND BANGLADESH RECORDS 18TH YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN LAST 19 MONTHS REFAYET ULLAH MIRDHA Work orders from international buyers are picking up with the return of political stability in Bangladesh after the January 5 national elections, exporters … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING THE ALLIANCE AND THE ACCORD ON BANGLADESH WORKER SAFETY
UNDERSTANDING THE ALLIANCE AND THE ACCORD ON BANGLADESH WORKER SAFETY Since April this year Oxfam has been asking Australian companies sourcing from Bangladesh to join the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord. The Accord is a legally binding initiative that … Continue reading
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BANGLADESH T&C UNDER INTENSE SAFETY NET: ‘ACCORD’ & ‘ALLIANCE’ TO HIT HEAVILY
BANGLADESH T&C UNDER INTENSE SAFETY NET: ‘ACCORD’ & ‘ALLIANCE’ TO HIT HEAVILY ASM Tareq Amin & Shayekh Munir Bangladeshi textile & clothing (T&C) industry is under polygonal safety net programs. The industry owners association has taken its own initiative and … Continue reading
INSPECTION GUIDELINE OF THE ALLIANCE AND ACCORD IS CONTRARY TO THE COUNTRY’S EXISTING REGULATION
INSPECTION GUIDELINE OF THE ALLIANCE AND ACCORD IS CONTRARY TO THE COUNTRY’S EXISTING REGULATION Alliance and Accord, the two separate platforms of the American-Canadian and EU retailers, have started inspection of garment factories in the country amidst acute protest from … Continue reading
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FORMER SWEATSHOP WORKER TO BILLIONAIRE WALTON FAMILY
FORMER SWEATSHOP WORKER TO BILLIONAIRE WALTON FAMILY Clare O’Connor, Forbes Kalpona Akter of Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity stands to officially call on Wal-Mart to address workplace safety in Bangladesh The multimillion dollar dog and pony show that is Wal-Mart’s … Continue reading
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INDIA & PAKISTAN BIGGEST THREAT FOR BANGLADESHI RMG & TEXTILE EXPORT
INDIA & PAKISTAN BIGGEST THREAT FOR BANGLADESHI RMG & TEXTILE EXPORT No hurdles could resist Bangladesh achieving a modest growth in the first six month of the financial year 2013-2014. The country has registered 19.55 % growth in knitwear export … Continue reading
COUNTER TERRORISM: A BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE
COUNTER TERRORISM: A BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE MUSTAFA R KAMAL Terrorism has become a threat to peaceful political order and stability for many countries of the world. The attacks on World Trade Centre on 9/11 literally changed the entire world- President Bush … Continue reading
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- 2015 AND BEYOND
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- 2015 AND BEYOND SALEEMUL HUQ The year 2015 is going to be a significant year globally for two major reasons. Firstly, the United Nations General Assembly to be held in New York in September 2015 … Continue reading
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE QAZI KHOLIQUZZAMAN AHMAD Let me start with a brief historical overview, albeit in a selective manner, to put sustainable development in perspective. One may go back to the industrial revolution that started in Britain around … Continue reading
INTELLIGENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY
INTELLIGENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY A.S.M. ALI ASHRAF ALTHOUGH intelligence plays an important role in making and shaping a state’s foreign and security policy, there is little or no public discussion of intelligence issues in Bangladesh. This is due … Continue reading
INTELLIGENCES NEED COORDINATION
INTELLIGENCE’S NEED COORDINATION SAY ANALYSTS, CITING MAJOR PAST FAILURES STAFF CORRESPONDENT Strategy analysts yesterday said the country’s intelligence agencies had failed to respond appropriately in times of crises on several occasions in the past and called for creation of an apex … Continue reading
A WELL-KEPT SECRET
A WELL-KEPT SECRET MAMUN RASHID Global investors are not aware of the fantastic returns on investment or on assets possible in this country The gentleman was the boss of a finance agency. He said Bangladesh had conveniently kept itself an … Continue reading
BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS AND INVESTMENT
BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS AND INVESTMENT M A TASLIM Government leaders often claim that the economy has suffered badly because of the ‘sahinsa’ movement carried out by the opposition 18-party combine in the months immediately before the largely voter-less election of 5th … Continue reading
A NEW BANGLADESH
A NEW BANGLADESH Bangladesh’s ICT sector is a glaring example of what can be achieved if the government’s goodwill and a skilled workforce work together MD SAHAHNAWAZ KHAN CHANDAN For more than half a decade “Digital Bangladesh” has become the … Continue reading
LOOKING BACK OVER
LOOKING BACK OVER FARSEEM M. MOHAMMEDY Looking back over one’s shoulder, since the emergence of independent Bangladesh in 1971 till now at 2014 – a span of 43 years – what have we achieved in our Science and Technology (S&T) … Continue reading
A PASSAGE TO PAKISTAN
A PASSAGE TO PAKISTAN KAZI ANIS AHMED A wary Bangladeshi’s visit to a familiarly foreign land yields pleasant surprises I was supposed to go to Lahore in January 1971, but I didn’t make it there until just this year. In … Continue reading
MARCH 1971 . . . IN QUETTA
MARCH 1971 . . . IN QUETTA SYED BADRUL AHSAN When the Pakistan International Airlines jetliner landed at Tejgaon airport in the evening on 5 July 1971, it was desolation that I saw all around. With me were my parents … Continue reading
HOIST THE COLOURS
HOIST THE COLOURS Azmin Azran Every year in February, March and December, there is one common sight you’ll find no matter where you are in the country. Here, there and pretty much everywhere, we see our national flag being put … Continue reading
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BANGLADESH - Audacity of Hope 